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Clean slate   /klin sleɪt/   Listen
Clean slate

noun
1.
An opportunity to start over without prejudice.  Synonyms: fresh start, tabula rasa.





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"Clean slate" Quotes from Famous Books



... better not attempt to carry out her resolve until after Christmas, lest she mar Cousin Julia's or Elsie Marley's enjoyment of the day. She would act immediately after Christmas, beginning the New Year with a clean slate. And meantime she would devote herself to making every one she knew as happy as possible, particularly ...
— Elsie Marley, Honey • Joslyn Gray
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... over it seems almost as though I had been untrue to my fundamental philosophy. The world has gone, vanished; but perhaps it is for the best, afterall. We shall start again in a few days with a clean slate, picking up from where we left off—for we have books and tools and men of learning and intelligence—to start a new and better world the moment the Grass retreats. I am heartened ...
— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore
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Words linked to "Clean slate" :   opportunity, chance


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